Party for Freedom

The Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid or PVV) is a right-wing and Euroskeptic political party. It currently occupies 15 seats in the Lower House (Tweede Kamer) of the Dutch Parliament. The PVV is unusual in that its leader, Geert Wilders, is its only registered member.

Because of his outspoken views on radical Islam, PVV leader Wilders is under 24-7 police protection:

In November 2004, "a Muslim fanatic murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh for making a movie about the abuse of women under Islam".[3]

In the 2017 elections, although the PVV did not achieve a massive victory as hoped, it saw a rise in votes at the same time when establishment parties either declined or collapsed.[4] Establishment "conservative" [in-name-only] Prime Minister Mark Rutte[5] and several political parties did shift their stances to the political Right in order to attract voters who would otherwise have supported Wilders.[6] Rutte's diplomatic battle with Turkey just before the election served as an example of this.[6][7]